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Dr. Robert Brandon became NRCC’s seventh president on January 1, 2025.
Prior to joining NRCC, he was vice president of academic and student services at Southwest Virginia Community College in Richlands, Va. Previously, he served as dean of humanities, social sciences, and education at Cleveland State Community College in Cleveland, Tenn. From 2005 to 2013, he served as an associate professor of English at Rockingham Community College in Wentworth, N.C. where he also chaired both the English and student success departments. Before that, he began his career as a middle school English teacher in Bristol, Tenn.
Dr. Brandon earned a bachelor’s degree from Virginia Intermont College in Bristol, Va.; a master’s degree from East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tenn.; and a doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, N.C.
Dr. Brandon and his wife, Melissa, live in Pulaski County and have a teenage son and daughter, twins Emily and Ryne, and a basset hound named Hank. They enjoy baseball, travel, community service, and fellowship with friends and family.
